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GENERAL AND GI SURGERY: Clinical Research Curriculum/Training
Rotations FACULTY PROFILES Endosurgery Unit ESTAR Contact
| Academic Appointments | |
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William C. McGarity Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine |
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Vice Chairman, Clinical Affairs, Department of Surgery, Emory |
| Clinical Appointment | |
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Chief, Endocrine Surgery, Emory University Hospital |
| Research Appointments | |
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Director, Elizabeth Brooke Gottlich Diabetes Research and Islet Transplant Laboratory, Emory University |
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Co-Principal Investigator, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) Center for Islet Transplantation of Emory University |
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(Academic) 404.727.0084 |
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(Patient Care) 404.778.4733 |
| Location of Practice | |
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Inpatient: Emory University Hospital |
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Outpatient: The Emory Clinic |
| Medical School | |
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College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, Class of 1971 |
| General Surgery Residency | |
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Department of Surgery, Columbia University, and College of Physicians and Surgeons, Surgical Service, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, 1972-1978 |
| Fellowship/Advanced Training | |
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Doctor of Medical Science, Columbia University, New York, NY, and NIH Postdoctoral Research Trainee in Surgery, Department of Surgery, Columbia University, 1973-1978 |
| Board Certification | |
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American Board of Surgery, originally certified 1979, recertified 1999; Added qualifications in Surgical Critical Care, 1990 |
| Medical License | |
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Georgia |
| Honors and Awards | |
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First Annual Arthur Blakemore Prize for Surgical Research, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, June, 1978 |
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NIH Research Career Development Award, #1 KO4 AM00806, September 5, 1980-August 31, 1985 |
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Golden-Lamport Award for Excellence in Clinical Research, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, May, 1985 |
| Current Organizational Memberships | |
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American College of Surgeons, Fellow |
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The Transplantation Society (International) |
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The Association for Academic Surgery |
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International Pancreas and Islet Transplant Association |
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Society of University Surgeons |
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New York Surgical Society |
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Society of University Surgeons |
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American Association of Endocrine Surgeons |
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International Association of Endocrine Surgeons |
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Societe International de Chirurgie |
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Cell Transplant Society (founding member) |
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Atlanta Surgical Society |
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American Surgical Association |
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Georgia Surgical Society |
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Medical Association of Georgia |
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DeKalb Medical Society |
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Southern Surgical Association |
| Clinical Interests | |
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Adrenal masses |
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Colorectal surgery |
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Endocrinology surgery |
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Gallbladder surgery |
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Gastrointestinal surgery |
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Hernia |
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Pancreatic surgery |
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Parathyroid surgery |
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Rectal surgery |
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Thyroid surgery |
| Research Interests | |
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Developing techniques for safe and durable pancreatic islet transplantation for patients with insulin dependent diabetes mellitus, the focus being the use of xenogeneic tissues as sources of donor islets and microencapsulation plus selective immune modulation of hosts to accomplish cross species islet graft survival. |
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Investigating the causes and functional characteristics of human parathyroid tumors by examining secreted products of human parathyroid tumors including neuropeptides and cytokines and analyzing replication of parathyroid tumors of differing histopathologies. |
| Year Joined Emory as a Faculty Member | |
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1992 |
GENERAL AND GI SURGERY: Clinical Research Curriculum/Training
Rotations FACULTY PROFILES Endosurgery Unit ESTAR Contact
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